Improved API Security Posture with Defense at the Perimeter
“In terms of bot protection, my philosophy is to ‘keep the fight outside my lawn’,” explained Ng. “I don’t want to have any interactions with threat actors on my edge — I want to push that perimeter out as far as I can. Cequence is able to intercept bad traffic from threat actors outside of our perimeter. With this capability, our threat posture has been significantly improved.”
Automating Bot Management
“The Cequence managed service has definitely reduced the number of things our security team needs to pay attention to,” noted Ng. “Cequence provides consistent, detailed reports on what threats were received, how much traffic was blocked, which threats were automatically mitigated, the ones advanced to manual review, and any threats we were notified on. The Cequence managed service gives us much more breathing room. By taking care of bot management for us, we can now focus on other strategic IT projects.”
Reducing the Number of Reportable Breaches to Zero
One of Ng’s responsibilities as CISO is to provide regular security updates to the company’s board of directors. “I inform them of any reportable breaches and attempted attacks,” said Ng. “At our last meeting, I was happy to inform them that we’ve had no reportable breaches since deploying Cequence.”
“When I first joined Snap Finance, there were some bad actors trying to use our applications to obtain confidential information,” Ng shared. “Fortunately, we were able to use Cequence to mitigate that attack, avoiding any availability or data loss issues.”
Reducing IT Expenses
Cequence is also enabling Snap Finance to reduce IT time and expense. “If we didn’t have the Cequence managed service, we would have to hire two full-time security professionals, in addition to purchasing and deploying another solution that would enable us to perform bot management by ourselves,” Kohli said.
Recommending Cequence to Others
When asked if he would recommend Cequence to other companies, Kohli replied, “Yes, absolutely. We have a very strong partnership with Cequence—they were right there with us all along the way. Our Cequence account rep meets with us regularly to discuss our deployment and listen to any suggestions we might have for future product enhancements. Unlike other partners or vendors, our relationship with Cequence did not end after we signed the sales agreement. They really care about our ongoing success with bot management. With Cequence, we worry less about malicious or suspicious traffic reaching our applications.”
